"The Advaita is the only system which gives unto man complete possession of himself, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making us brave to suffer, brave to do, and in the long run attain to Absolute Freedom.
To give this one truth a freer and fuller scope in elevating the lives of individuals and leavening the mass of mankind, we start this Advaita Ashrama on the Himalayan heights…" - Swami Vivekananda

Picture
someone who practices yoga. What comes to mind probably is
a white suburban mom in Lululemon tights, not a man who can
lift himself effortlessly into scale pose.

"That's
the perception most people have when I talk to them about
yoga," says Stephon Matthews.

"So
I invite them to one of our classes, because we have the most
diverse yoga class in Colorado, and it changes their whole
view."

Initially,
Matthews also was skeptical about yoga teacher Tyrone Beverly,
a 34-year-old Manual High School graduate who developed Im'Unique,
a yoga program designed to be inclusive and expansive, then
paired the yoga with a post-workout conversation called Breaking
Bread, Breaking Barriers.

"Growing
up in the neighborhoods where I was raised left me with no
choice but to get involved and do something about the genocide
epidemic that was occurring there," said Beverly, who
is soft-spoken, with clear eyes and a lithe, feline physique.